Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Tonga instead of Panama, you would:

Health

be 2.1 times more likely to be obese

In Panama, 22.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Tonga, that number is 48.2% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 65.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Panama, 6.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Tonga, that number is 2.3% as of 2023.

make 81.6% less money

Panama has a GDP per capita of $35,800 as of 2023, while in Tonga, the GDP per capita is $6,600 as of 2022.

Life

be 24.5% less likely to die during infancy

In Panama, approximately 16.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Tonga, on the other hand, 12.4 children do as of 2022.

have 13.2% more children

In Panama, there are approximately 17.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Tonga, there are 19.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 2.5 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Panama, approximately 50.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Tonga, 126.0 women do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 45.4% less on healthcare

Panama spends 9.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Tonga, that number is 5.3% of GDP as of 2020.

spend 69.2% more on education

Panama spends 3.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Tonga spends 6.6% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

Geography

see 83.2% less coastline

Panama has a total of 2,490 km of coastline. In Tonga, that number is 419 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Tonga: At a glance

Tonga is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 717 sq km. Tonga - unique among Pacific nations - never completely lost its indigenous governance. The archipelagos of "The Friendly Islands" were united into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845. Tonga became a constitutional monarchy in 1875 and a British protectorate in 1900; it withdrew from the protectorate and joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1970. Tonga remains the only monarchy in the Pacific.
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